Population dynamics, distribution and secondary production of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) in a southern European estuary. Latitudinal variations
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The brown shrimp Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) occurs in highly productive European estuaries (between 45°N and 57°N) with strong tidal movements on sandy and muddy substrata (Tiews, 1970). It is the dominant mobile epibenthic species in northern Europe (e.g. Pihl and Rosenberg, 1982; Beyst et al., 2002; Amara and Paul, 2003). Due to its abundance, C. crangon is an important prey for SCIENTIA MARINA 71(3) September 2007, 451-460, Barcelona (Spain) ISSN: 0214-8358
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